CVE-2023-34438
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 11, 2023 at 02:37 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:03 AM UTC
143 products affected across 1 vendorNuc Kit NUC6CAYH FirmwareNuc Kit NUC6CAYS FirmwareNuc Kit NUC7I7BNHX1 Firmware
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
Description
Race condition in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
All versions
intel-compute-element-stk2mv64cc (same device)
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00917.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-421CWE-362
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